Install the required length of new wiring to the new location for the light fixture.
How to move a wall light fixture box.
If the house is finished this involves snaking the wire to where you want to move the new fixture to.
Remove the existing light fixture junction box and turn it so that it is accessible from above.
I then noticed where the wires were coming into the box in my case they came from the ceiling this is good and bad i then took my drywall saw and started sawing very carefully next to the lightbox toward the ceiling to go around the circle i traced.
You may want to find a place closer to where you want the new fixture such as a power outlet and use that wiring.
Keep the cut out and use it to patch the existing opening.
You ll be using a drywall mounted junction box which clamps directly to the ceiling drywall.
Identify the location for the new light fixture and use the stud sensor to make sure there are no joists directly behind the ceiling in that area.
Make the opening in the ceiling for the new light fixture.